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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid12010566 This PhotomCap program is a utility to "capture" the AAVSO photometry data from the comparison star data page of their chart pages. The data is then made available as a CSV file that can be
 imported to a spreadsheet, or as a .STAR file compatible with the new Magnitude Measurment Tool (MMT) feature of AIPWin.
\par 
\par The process:
\par 1. Go to the AAVSO website and use VSP to select your star chart: http://www.aavso.org/vsp/chart
\par 2. From the chart page click on "Photometry Table for this Chart" to bring up the photometry data page.
\par 3. Click on the page and hit Ctrl-A to select all of the text data.
\par 4. Hit Ctrl-C to copy that data.
\par 5. Now go to PhotomCap and click on the upper window. Hit Ctrl-V to copy in the raw data.
\par 6. Now click the "Do it!" button. The lower window will now hold either your CSV file or .STAR file, depending upon which option you choose.
\par 7. Click the "Save it" button and save the .STAR file in the AIPWin/Data directory or the CSV file where ever.
\par 8. Now from Stars tab of the AIPWin MMT you can hit recall and open this file.
\par Voila! Comparison star data loaded, complete and accurate.
\par 
\par Any questions or problems, please contact me, George Silvis, at George@GASilvis.net
\par 
\par If you have a particular capture that fails, send me the PhotomCap version number and the chartid. I'll sort it out. Thanks.
\par 
\par 
\par Options:
\par - Labels: The photometry tables have a column of Labels that appear on the chart. With these you match up the labled star to the table data. Clicking this option will include the label with the star ID in the STAR format. This works well in MMT.
\par 
\par - CSV: Capture the data to a standard CSV format suitable for a spreadsheet
\par 
\par - SegPlot: Input a txt file from the AAVSO SeqPlot program and output a STAR file for MMT.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid2457471  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid12010566 
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first line of the file will be the target, the others comp stars. Remember, you can edit the input window. If the target is a field, dup the first line... 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid15693986  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid5267465 - Error computations: The error for the computed filters}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid15693986  (B, U, R and I) is computed by adding }{\rtlch\fcs1 
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\par An alternative is available if you check the Alternate Error Computation at the bottom of the form. If you assume, for example, that the B-V was computed from V and B in the source data, then you might reasonably assume that Berr= sqrt(B-Verr^2  - Verr^2)
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\par - Please Note this advisory from the AAVSO sequence team:
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cf1\insrsid11218085 -------------
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cf1\insrsid11218085\charrsid11218085 As a member of the AAVSO Sequence Team I would be very uncomfortable with anyone using this feature and then reporting photometry data to the AAVSO Data Base:\line }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \cf1\insrsid11218085 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cf1\insrsid11218085\charrsid11218085 1) Different survey's have differing points at which they saturate and or error out on the faint end and this information is not available via SeqPlot.\line \line 
2) From time to time we detect data in SeqPlot that is not even suitable for a sequence and this might not be so obvious to any one using this new pgm feature.\line \line 3) There is 
no easy way to match specific SeqPlot data, unless sequenced by the team and available via the AAVSO VSP, to specific Comp & Check Stars for reporting purposes.\line \line Tim Crawford, CTX\line AAVSO Sequence Team}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
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